Hearing is believing?........power cables.......


For anyone who is skeptical about the difference a high quality power cord can make in your high quality audio system........try it.......hearing is believing. About 10 years ago when I bought my first "entry level" hifi system (B&K amp/preamp, Canton speakers) my audio advisor dropped off a Tara Labs Prism power cord. He said just try it for a week and if you don't think it makes a difference just return it. I, like most unfamiliar with high quality cables, was skeptical.......how could a cable 1 meter long from the wall to my equipment make a difference? I put it on the power amp and yes I could definitely tell there was a more defined bass and overall clearer soundscape. I'm a musicians, so I figured maybe the "non audiophile" can't hear the difference. So my brother-in-law who is a bricklayer came over and we did a blind listening test. I randomly switched the Tara, sometimes trying to fool him......told him I switched but didn't........he could tell every time I used the Tara! So I was convinced that it was "wishful thinking on my part or particularly sensitive ears. If you don't think a great power cable can make a difference........take the challenge. Try one for a week and see (hear) for yourself!
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Oh yes, please. Tell us how wrong we are. We're obviously fooling ourselves. Thankfully your hulking intellects are saving you from a similar fate.

If only I were as smart. Alas.
It is not about an intellect.  It is simply about following the correct procedures for a valid test.  That has been known for a century or more.

It of course helps if one has a rudimentary knowledge of electricity, and that can be obtained in a college physics course.  (or it could have been obtained if some of you placebophiles had taken science courses instead of those seminars on the minor lake poets and their sexual habits.)

Avoid magical thinking, save yourself some money and do things that actually do improve SQ.  

If you have some sort of fetish on just power cords, you can (maybe) improve SQ by making up a cord for the DC power supply to your outboard DAC which has low inductance.  The cord from the wall wart to the DAC itself.  And I said "maybe" -- no guarantee.



No, I won't tell you that the hallucinations and flashbacks are a placebo effect because I don't know what drugs you are on when you post.
I was fine with the trash talking about power cords, but you crossed the line when you started trashing Minor Lake Poets. 

https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/a_poem_on_divine_revelation_20144

You have to wonder why this style is not more popular.
I do not need a course in physics to buy a power cable.  There are plenty of choices available in all price ranges.  Try a few and decide what you like.
Exposure to poetry, however, can lead to a greater understanding of the human condition.  The study of humanities (art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, history) can yield significant and profound life changes, encourage creative thinking, and develop critical reasoning skills.  Not to disparage the hard sciences;  they are useful tools.  To suggest, however, that the hard sciences may be a superior course of study is at best disingenuous and understates the value of a balanced education.